Partnership academy programme

About the Partnership Academy programme:

People who show a real commitment and potential to become part of the Partnership Academy can expect a very different approach to personal development. Participants will:

• Work together in a 2 day residential development centre
• Receive a personal development plan
• Have access to a tutor / tutor group and coaching team
• Receive high level observational feedback about leadership and partnership styles
• Experience partnership based learning opportunities away from their normal area of experience or sector
• Have access to leadership and motivational speakers
• Participate in action learning sets
• Undertake theoretical and participative learning
• Attend seminars, workshops and master classes
• Use self-awareness and analysis exercises to allow participants to better understand their personal impact and leadership skills and those of others
• Sharpen capabilities around; intelligent commissioning, performance management, impact and outcome monitoring, public and third sector service delivery
• Develop an understanding of future policy and operational issues; localities working and devolution, place-shaping, personalised budgets

Outline programme - specific details and speakers to be confirmed

Stage 0ne

• Delivery through induction programme and 2 day residential
• Personal leadership skills
• Self assessment and needs analysis
• Strategic / shared competencies – including commissioning framework (options for additional development)

Stage two

Runs to the end of the programme

Examples of typical modules include:

• Political and community governance
• Place-shaping and localities – future direction and agenda
• Horizon scanning and partnership working–
• Personalised budgets – impact assessment
• Industrial Relations 
• Demonstrating emotional intelligence
• Coaching for excellence,
• Media skills
• Impact monitoring and high level performance management
• Midway Review
• 18 month Individual Programme Review and revisit 360

N.B.  Some modules will be compulsory – others will be optional depending on your service specialism or outcome of self-assessment

Stage three

Project and work based activities

• Learning logs supported by master classes, workshops, coaching with progress  reviews
• Observations of senior management decision making scenarios across sectors
• Projects including Civic Partnership case studies
• Being a coach
• Public sector and VCS challenge
• Twilight action learning sessions

Please note:  The Partnership Academy is exploring potential collaborative working with one or more nationally respected academic bodies.  This would result in them delivering key elements of stage two of the curriculum, with the possibility of participants acquiring certified or endorsed learning at the end of the 15 month programme.

Benefits to you and the organisation

• 18 months of personalised and professional development around public service commissioning, organisational change and service transformation
• Having access to tailor-made development will help with personal development and benefit the organisation wherever the individuals are based.
• Knowledge and expertise sharing across the organisation
• Have greater insight and self-awareness
• Have greater personal effectiveness
• Be more politically aware
• Develop your strategic thinking
• See the 'customer' at the heart of what we do in public service and community governance
• Be better placed to progress in the leadership roles of the organisation
• Be better aware of agendas for other partners and sectors
• Links into a network of key public service commissioners and VCS organisations delivering or seeking to deliver public services
• Access to LPSB decision makers and joint commissioning forums
• Better understanding of commissioner and supplier needs especially around emerging future markets, particularly in social care.
• A better understanding of what works, particularly where the VCS is the most effective service deliverer.

Contact details for more information

Trudi Wright
Civic Partnership Project Manager
Telephone: 01484 518457 / 07980 911654
email: trudi.wright@kirklees.gov.uk

You can also contact members of the Partnership academy steering group:

Mary White (Kirklees Council, CYPS)
Telephone: 01484 416749
email: mary.white@kirklees.gov.uk

Val Johnson (VAK)
Telephone: 01484 518457
email: val.johnson@voluntaryactionkirklees.co.uk

Carolyn Dixon (PCT)
Telephone: 01484 466080
email: carolyn.dixon@kirkleespct.nhs.uk